Regular -er & -ir Verbs — Practice

Grammar Reference

Regular -er & -ir Verbs — Practice — Exercises

Practice

1. Conjugate "comer" (to eat) for "yo":
   
2. What is the correct form: "nosotros / vivir"?
   (vivemos / vivimos / viven) 
3. Complete: "Ella _______ (beber) agua con la cena."
   
4. What is the correct form: "tú / escribir"?
   (escribo / escribes / escribimos) 
5. Complete: "Nosotros _______ (aprender) español."
   
6. Which sentence is correct?
   (Ellos comen en casa / Ellos come en casa / Ellos comemos en casa) 
7. Complete: "Yo _______ (abrir) la puerta."
   
8. Choose the correct nosotros form of "compartir" (to share):
   (compartemos / compartimos / comparten) 

Regular -er & -ir Verbs — Practice — Answer Key

Practice

1. como Explanation: For -ER verbs with "yo" (I), remove -er and add -o. comer → com + o = como
2. vivimos Explanation: -IR verbs keep the i in the nosotros form: viv + imos = vivimos. "Vivemos" confuses the -er pattern; "viven" is the ellos form.
3. bebe Explanation: "Ella" (she) uses the -e ending for -ER verbs. beber → beb + e = bebe
4. escribes Explanation: "Tú" (informal you) takes -es with both -er and -ir verbs. escribir → escrib + es = escribes
5. aprendemos Explanation: -ER verbs use -emos for nosotros: aprend + emos = aprendemos. Compare with -ir verbs, which use -imos.
6. Ellos comen en casa Explanation: "Ellos" (they) requires the -en ending: comen. "Come" is the él/ella form and "comemos" is the nosotros form.
7. abro Explanation: All three verb families use -o for "yo": abrir → abr + o = abro
8. compartimos Explanation: -IR verbs use -imos for nosotros: compart + imos = compartimos. The -emos ending belongs to -er verbs only.